Non-refillable bottle.



J. S. BROMHEAD. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION nunmn. 1, 1911.

Patented'Feb. 27, 1912.

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JOHN S. BROMI-IEAD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2'7, 1912.

Application filed March 1, 1911. Serial No. 611,550.

To all w/tom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BROMHEAD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedNon-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The invention relates to non-refillable bottles, such as shown anddescribed in the Letters Patent of the United States, No. 936,860,granted to me on October 12, 1909.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improvednon-refillable bottle, which is simple in construction and arranged topermit a free outflow of the contents of the bottle on tilting thelatter, and to prevent refilling of the bottle by unau thorized personsafter the bottle is once emptied of its original contents. For theurpose mentioned, use is made of a neck attached to a stub neck of abottle and having a contracted portion intermediate the ends, and anapertured plate extending across the under side of the said contractedportion,-a valve seat in the neck below the said plate, and a valveadapted to be seated on the said valve seat and adapted to close theapertures in the said plate.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the non-refillable bottle;Fig. 2 is a like view of the' same showing the bottle tilted foremptying the contents thereof; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of thesame on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is an inverted sectional planview of the same on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

The bottle A is provided with a short or a stub neck A, having aninterior angular rabbet A into which fits the lower end B of the mainbottle neck B, secured in place after the bottle is filled by cementingthe lower end B in the rabbet A of the stub neck 'A. The main neck B isprovided intermediate its ends with a contracted portion B to form anupper compartment B and a lower compartment 13*, of which the uppercompartment B is normally closed by a stopper C. Into the lowercompartment B fits snugly a shell D provided with a top plate D abuttingagainst the under side of the contracted portion B and extending acrossthe opening thereof, and the said top plate D is provided with upwardlypointing spouts D through which the liquid contents of the bottle A arepassed from within the shell D into the compartment B and finally into aglass on tilting the bottle A, as indicated in Fig. 2.

A protecting disk E extends in the opening of the contracted portion B adistance above the spouts D and the said disk E is provided with a shankE secured to the top plate Dand extending downwardly to form a guide fora valve F adapted to be seated on a cylindrical valve seat G extendinconcentrically within the shell D and havlng its base G fitting into thelower portion of the neck B to rest on the rabbet A as plainly indicatedin Figs. 1 and'2. Apacking ring H, of rubber or other suitable material,is preferably interposed between the lower edge of the shell D and thetop of the base G. The upper end of the valve seat G is preferablyprovided with a packing ring G of rubber or other suitable material, andon which the valve F is adapted to be seated to hermetically close thebottle. The lower end of the valve F is provided with guide arms F,slidingly engaging the inner surface of the valve F in its opening andclosing movement, as will be readily understood'by reference to Figs. 1and 2. The shank E extends into a central opening of the valve F, and inthe saidopening is arranged a spring I to normally hold the-valve F toits seat on the packing or'cushion G but when the bottle is tilted thenthe liquid pressing against the valve F forces the sameinto an openposition against the tension of the spring I (see Fig. 2), so that theliquid can flow through the valve seat G'and spouts D into thecompartment B and out of the same into a glass or other vessel to befilled. When-the bottle is returned to vertical'posithe bore of thevalve seat G, so as to guide tion the valve F immediately moves into aclosed position, partly on account of 1ts own weight and partly by theaction of the spring I.

The entrance to the bore of the valve seat G is adapted to be closed bya disk valve J having trunnions J mounted to turn in recesses G formedon the under side of the base Gr, it being understood that when thebottle is tilted the liquid turns the disk J into an open position, asshown in Fig. 2, for the passage of the liquid from the bottle A intoand through the valve seat G.

In manufacturing the device, the neck B, shell D, valve F and seat G arepreferably made of glass, and the parts contained in the lowercompartment B of the neck B are placed in position therein prior tofastening the main neck B in position on the stub neck A of the bottle,as previously ex plained, and hence the parts contained in thecompartment B cannot be tampered with by unauthorized persons by way ofthe compartment B and the contracted portion B It is understood thatwhen the bottle A is tilted, the valve F moves sufficiently far off thevalve seat G as to allow the liquid to pass through the seat, but thevalve F on moving into an open position does not reach the top plate Dowing to the spring I, and hence the liquid is free to flow through thespouts D into the compartment B In case an unauthorized person tries torefill the bottle A after the same has been emptied of its originalcontents, then the valve F prevents refilling.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A non-refillable bottle having a neck provided with a contractedportion intermediate the ends, a shell fitting into the lower port-ionof the neck and having a top plate extending across the under side ofthe said contracted neck portion, the said top plate havingupwardly-extending pouring spouts, a valve seat held in the lowerportion of the said neck and spaced from the said shell top, a valveadapted to be seated on the said valve seat, and a protecting disk inthe contracted portion of the neck over the spouts a distance from thetops thereof, the said protecting disk having a shank attached to thesaid top plate and depending therefrom to form a guide for the saidvalve.

2. Anon-refillable bottle having a neck provided with a contractedportion intermediate the ends, a shell fitting into the lower portion ofthe neck and having a top plate extending across the under side of thesaid contracted neck portion, the said top plate havingupwardly-extending pouring spouts, a valve seat held in the lowerportion of the said neck and spaced from the said shell top, a slidingand spring pressed valve adapted to be seated on the said valve seat andhaving a central opening, a protecting disk in the contracted portion ofthe neck over the spouts a distance from the tops thereof, the saidprotecting disk having a shank attached to the said top plate andextending into the opening of the said valve, and a spring arranged inthe opening of the said valve below the said shank to normally hold thevalve to its seat.

3. A non-refillable bottle, comprising a bottle having a stub neckprovided with an interior annular rabbet, a main neck fitting into andfastened to the said rabbet, the said main neck having a contractedportion between its ends,ashell fitting into the lower portion of thesaid main neck and having a top plate provided with upwardly-extendingspouts, a cylindrical valve seat within the said shell and of lessdiameter than the shell and having its upper end terminating a distancefrom the said top plate, the-said valve seat having a base resting onthe said rabbet, and a valve adapted to be seated on the said valve seatand provided with guide arms slidingly engaging the said valve seat.

4-. A non-refillable bottle, comprising a bottle having a stub neckprovided with an interior annular rabbet, a main neck fitting into andfastened to the said rabbet, the said main neck having a contractedportion between its ends, a shell fitting into the lower portion of thesaid main neck and having a top plate provided with upwardly extendingspouts, a cylindrical valve seat within the said shell and of lessdiameter than the shell and having its upper end terminating a distancefrom the said top plate, the said valve seat having a base resting onthe said rabbet, a valve adapted to be' seated on the said valve seatand provided with guide arms slidingly engaging the said valve seat, adisk extending over the said spouts and having a depending shankattached to the said top plate, the said valve slidingly engaging thesaid shank, and a spring interposed between the saidvalve and the saidshank.

5. A non-refillable bottle, comprising bottle having an internalshoulder in its neck, a shell fitting in the lower portion of the neckand having an apertu-red top plate opening therein and provided withguide arms engaging the 'inn'errwall of the valve I25 a valve on thevalve seat and having'an V seat, a disk above the top plate of the shellname to this specification in the presence of in the contracted portionof the neck formed tWo subscribing Witnesses. by the shoulder and havinga shank secured to and projecting through the top plate of JOHNBROMHEAD' the shell into the opening of the valve, and Witnesses: aspring in the opening of the valve. TI-IEO. G. HosTER,

In testimony whereof I have signed my PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

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